Tours in Amsterdam

Van Gogh Museum or Rijksmuseum is the choice that stalls half the trips to Amsterdam: limited time, two great museums a five-minute walk apart, and tickets that sell out. Pick wrong and you spend the afternoon in the wrong queue, wishing you were somewhere else. I have visited both many times, so here is the honest, been-there guide to help you choose.

Planning a trip to Amsterdam in December and worried it is all grey skies, freezing canals and darkness by half four? Honestly, it can feel that way if you turn up unprepared. But this is my favourite time to be here: the Light Festival glows over the water, the cafes go warm and cosy, and the crowds thin out. Here is how to do amsterdam in december right.

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Trying to find the 9 straatjes Amsterdam and worried you will burn an afternoon wandering the wrong lanes? Plenty of visitors do. They drift past the boutiques, miss the best cross-streets, and never quite work out how the little grid fits together. I have spent years pottering around these canals, so here is exactly what the Nine Streets are, where to find them, and how to m...

If you are trying to visit OUR HOUSE Amsterdam, the electronic dance music museum near Rembrandtplein, I have to be straight with you: it is closed. The company behind it went bankrupt in 2024, and the doors have not reopened since. Worse, some ticket sites still list it as bookable, and a few visitors report paying and then being turned away. Let me explain what happened and...

Planning a trip to NXT Museum and not sure it’s worth crossing the IJ for? It’s easy to write off another Amsterdam “experience” as a pricey photo backdrop. NXT Museum is different: the Netherlands’ first museum built entirely around new media art, where projection, sound and AI fill room-sized installations you actually walk through. Here’s exactly what to expect inside, how...